How many tiles will be in the eighth figure of this pattern? How do you know?

Problem E2

a.

Make a drawing of the next V-patterns.

b.

Is it possible for a V-pattern to have 84 dots? Why or why not?

c.

How many pairs are there in each V-pattern?

d.

How many dots will be in the sixth V-pattern?

e.

Make a V-pattern with 19 dots.

f.

Fill in the missing values in the table below. V-number means the number of pairs. Describe any patterns you see.

V-Number

Number of Dots

1

3

2

5

3

7

4

?

5

?

6

?

Problem E1 taken from Gateways to Algebra and Geometry, An Integrated Approach by John Benson, Sara Dodge, Walter Dodge, Charles Hamberg, George Milauskas, And Richard Rukin. Copyright 1997 by McDougal Little Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission of McDougal Littlel Inc..

"Problem E2 taken from Ups and Downs, Student Book p.6.
Reprinted from Mathematics in Context, copyright 1998, with permission from Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.